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    Cowboy Dictionary: The Official Companion to the Spirit Animal Series
    Cowboy Dictionary: The Official Companion to the Spirit Animal Series
    Cowboy Dictionary: The Official Companion to the Spirit Animal Series
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    Cowboy Dictionary: The Official Companion to the Spirit Animal Series

    By Barbara Neville

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    A companion volume to Barbara Neville's Spirit Animal series. The books are written in cowboy vernacular. To assist those who may not have watched enough Western movies, I have created a word list.
    1 Cowboy Dictionary: This informal dictionary of cowboy vernacular, Spanish expressions, Brit idiosyncrasies, Hawaiian pidgin, fingerspelling and other regional planet dialects as appropriate to the character (plus the cast of characters, gadgets, a crude MadDog town map, outfits, planets and story settings as described below) is compiled from Barbara Neville’s Spirit Animal book series. There have been some variations in the terms included in the cowboy dictionary over the course of the first nine books. While much, if not all, of the vernacular is easily understood by many of us, we don’t want to leave anyone out, including those who speak English as a second language, non-Spanish speakers, or people who have never lived around Hawaiian pidgin.
    The vernacular list has grown with each book. And the characters are bound to invent new and amazing variations on the English language as their stories play out, but as of book nine (Warriors’ Woman) this tiny tome should suffice.
    2 Cast of Characters: such a list did not appear in the books until “Broken Warrior”, the ninth book.
    The first book doesn’t contain all of the characters as many of them are met along the trail. Each has their own story and only a few attain inclusion into the clan. This list provides an easy reference to the background stories and Injin name variations of each of the main clan members.
    Hoss, neither a human nor a gadget, but a pivotal cast member, is included in this list.
    3 Various Gadgets: includes the main gadgets in the books.
    4 Map: A hand drawn map of MadDog town, provenance unknown.
    5 Outfits: A list of ranches, and businesses that figure prominently in the series.
    6 Planets: Some visited, some important in character histories. They all play a part in the story.
    7 Home or Space: Spoiler alert! A list of the settings of the various books.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarbara Neville
    Release dateAug 11, 2016
    ISBN9781310761553
    Cowboy Dictionary: The Official Companion to the Spirit Animal Series
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    Barbara Neville

    Sadly Barbara Neville past away in her own house on 3-14-2019 of a heart attack. Proceeds from any books sold will go to her loving family.Below is all her own writing and we will leave it as it is..2015 & 2016 NaNoWriMo winner and rustic western visionary Barbara Neville is a rancher, homesteader, cowgirl, artist and mother of two kick ass children. She lives at the arse end of nowhere with her horses, cattle, goats, chickens, guineas, peacocks and Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs. She has led an unusual life of adventure, much of it off-grid.Barb is descended from a long line of adventurous folk. Cowboys, ranchers, prospectors, inventors, settlers, homesteaders and more. She carries on the long tradition of taking the road less traveled. Her fictional world draws heavily on her own life and the people, places and experiences of previous generations.

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      Cowboy Dictionary - Barbara Neville

      Cowboy

      Dictionary

      Books by Barbara Neville

      Cowboy Dictionary

      Warriors’ Woman (Spirit Animal #9)

      Warriors’ Woman Large Print

      Broken Warrior (Spirit Animal #8)

      Broken Warrior Large Print

      Only the Strong Survive (Spirit Animal #7)

      A Flash of Lightning (Spirit Animal #6)

      A Flash of Lightning Large Print

      Rogue Lightning (Spirit Animal #5)

      Rogue Lightning Large Print

      Off-Grid Planet (Spirit Animal #4)

      Off-Grid Planet Large Print

      Cowgirls Rock (Spirit Animal #3)

      Cowgirls Rock Large Print

      Cowgirls Just Wanna Have Fun (Spirit Animal #2)

      Cowgirls Just Wanna Have Fun Large Print

      On the Rocks (Spirit Animal #1)

      On the Rocks Large Print

      Boxed sets

      Cowgirl Adventures (Spirit Animal Books 2 & 3)

      Cowgirl Thrillers (Spirit Animal Books 1 & 2)

      Cowboy

      Dictionary

      by

      Barbara

      Neville

      Copyright © 2016 Barbara Neville

      This book is a work of fiction. Any mention of real people, places or historic events is used fictitiously. Names, characters, events and places are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to real people, places or events is coincidence.

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book all or in part.

      Publisher

      Barbara Neville

      Rancho Dos Osos

      185 El Camino Real

      Nogales, AZ 856215

      Cover Photo and Design ©2016 by Barbara Neville

      Author Photo ©2015 by Nancy Neville

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